Swivel assembly for fish lures



Jan. 5, 1943. o. F. CULLERTON SWIVEL ASSEMBLY FOR FISH LURE Filed April 21. 1941 ORV/LL11 f CULLEETO/V Patented Jan. 5, 1943 I UNITED --S'TATE S PATENT OFF ICE 7 SWIVEL ASSEMBLY FOR FISH LURES Orville F. GullertonQChicago, Ill., assignor to The W. J. Jamison Company, Chicago, 111., a copartnership consisting of Ethel B. Cullerton and Orville F. Cullerton v Application-April 21, 1941; Serial No. 389,510

2 Claims. (cue-i I This invention relates to 'a swivel assembly eral preferred embodiments of the invention, and

especially adapted for use with a fish lure. More in which; 7

' enlarged head on thefreeend'thereof for seatform of a wiggler' in'cluding a head porti specifically, this invention relates to swivel as- I Figure 1 is a plan viewwoi a fishlureequipped semblies composed of one-piece metallic -memwith swivel elements according to thisinvention; bers having'reduced ends adapted forfsecuring' 5 Figure 2; is a side view of the lure shown in the assemblies to a body'such as a fish lure and Figure 1; a I l a A having other ends provided with a socket for ret Figure 31s an enlarged fragmentary cross secceiving the ball-shaped end of a swivel element.. I tionalwvlew taken through one of the fins of the This application is a continuation-in-part-of lure shown in Figures 1 and 2, and showing the my copending application entitled "Fish lure," 10 use of the socket assembly for attaching a spinner filed August 3, 1940, Serial No. 350,792, since 'is-' to the rearextremity of the fin; sued as Patent No, 2,241,767, May 13, 1941. Figure 4 is a rear view of the lure shown in An object of the invention is to provide a more 'Figures 1 and 2, with the swivel connections economical way of attaching an element to be -'omitted and showing the holes into each of which whirled or swiveled to an object such as a fish lithe socket members of the novel assemblies are lure. I adapted to be screw threaded;

Another object of the invention is to provide 5fi's an enlarged cross sectional view an improved swivel assembly especially adapted similar. toFigure 3 but showin he t il en of the for use in fish lures, and which may be very ecolure provided with the novel socket assembly for nomically manufactured ona large scale pro'-' connecting a tandem hook thereto; 4 duction basis. 1 a 1 g I ,;Figure 6 is a plan view of a plastic fish lure A specific objectof the invention is to provide -oqlnposed of two mating half sections and a swivel assembly having a threaded end adapted l equipped with modified forms of swivel assemto be screwed into the body of a fish lure. v blies according to this invention;

A further specific object of this invention. is 2 Figure 7 isa broken inside elevational view, to provide aswivel assembly having an extending with parts broken away and shown in vertical headed shank portion adapted to be'seated in-a Icross section, of one of thehalf sections of the headed recess of a fish lure. lure shown'in' Figure 6 and illustrating theman- In accordance with the general features of "ner'in which the swivel sockets are attached to this invention, there is provided a novel swivel the; lure body; nd 1 assembly especially adapted for usein fish'lure's s-Figure 8 is across sectional view, with parts which includes .a single piece socket member hav omitted, takenialong the line VIIIVI II of Figing one end formed with a conical head and 4111's,? and illustrating the two half sections of threaded so as to be adapted to be'screwed mto'w the lure body cooperating to retain the socket a body such as a plastic bodyof a fish lure, and assembly. having its other end provided with a socket, the Asshown on the drawing: outer extremity of which is'turned inwardly to {The reference character It) designates genretain the inserted or ball end, of a swivel ele- .erallyaplastic-or wood body of a fish lure, which ment in the socket. Alternatively, theconicalf maybe of any suitableconstruction or fabricah'ead and threaded endof the' socket member can .40 tion, as long as it embodies the features {of this be replaced with a cylindrical shank havin'gan "invention. As illustrated, the body Ill is in th'e ingvin the headed recess of .the plastic body of and a tail portion l2"which are integral. a' fish lure.- head portiontll includes the usual headp'lat for Still anotherfeature of the invention relates '45 spoon. l3 fastened to the under side of the-lure. to the formation of mating complementary This spoon is made of metal and is ofaconstrucheaded depressions in half portions of'fish lure v tion that is well-known to those familiar with bodies for receiving the headed shank portion of this art. Attached to the head portiodllflabove a swivel element to'fixedly retain the swivel ele-" the spoon I3 is an eyelet I 4 by means of which mentwhen the sections of the plastic body are the lure is attached to a fishing line. This eyeunited. letll may, if it is so desired, be connected to Other objects and features of the invention the body of the lure by means of the novel swivel will more fully appear from the following deassembly 'Whichwill be hereinafter more fully tailed description taken in connection with the I describedin connection with spinners and hooks. accompanying drawing which illustrates sev- Inother words; it it is so desired, the eyelet l4 may be fastened to the head portion so as to have a swivel connection therewith.

Depending from, and fastened to the under side of the head portion II is a gang hook i5 of conventional construction. Attached to the rear end of the tail portion I2 is another gang hook Ii, which is fastened by means of an eyelet i'l to the rear extremity of the tail portion |2. As will be further described in connection with Figure 5, this gang hook l6 may also be connected to the body of the lure by means of the swivel assembly which shall be described particularly in connec tion with spinners.

The tail portion I2 is provided with oppositely disposed lateral fins l8 and i9, each of which is of triangular shape, and has connected to its rear end, or. in other words. to the base of the triangle. 2. spinner 20. Each of these spinners is connected to the corresponding fin by means of a swivel assembly designated generally by the reference character 2| and embodying features of this invention.

The fins l8 and ID are so arranged as to enable a balanced construction, as well as to provide moorings for the associated spinners. Also, it will be noted from Figure 4 that each of the fins l8 and I9 is slightly inclined relative to the horizontal.

In Figure 3, there is illustrated the details of the swivel assembly. This assembly includes a socket member 22 having one end formed with a conical tip 23 and threaded as indicated at 24. This threaded end of the member 22 is adapted to be screwed into an unthreaded smaller hole previously formed in the associated part of the fish lure both. In Figure 4, there is indicated three such holes A, B, and C, into each of which the threaded end of a socket member is adapted to be screwed. The arrangement is such that the threads 24 on the socket member 22 tap the corresponding hole in the fish lure body as the socket member is screwed therein.

The other end of the socket member 22 is provided with a socket or bore 25, which may be of cylindrical formation. Disposed in this socket 25 is the ball end 26 of an eyelet element 21 having an eyelet 28 formed on its external or outer end. It is to this eyelet 28 that the spinner 20 is connected as shown in Figure 3.

The ball end 26 of the eyelet element is held in the socket by means of a turned-in edge 30- formed on the outer end of the socket member 22. This construction is such that the ball end may be first inserted in the socket and thereafter the edge of the socket may be spun or turned to form the turned edge 30.

It will also be noted that the socket member 22 has a shoulder 3| between the socket portion and the threaded portion 24. This shoulder is adapted to abut the surface of the body when the threaded end 24 is screwed into position in the hole in the lure body.

Thus there is provided an economical socket assembly in which the principal socket member is formed of a single piece of metal and may be economically manufactured on a large production basis.

In Figure 5, there is illustrated substantially the same socket assembly 2| for swivelly connecting the gang hook l6 to the rear end of the tail portion l2 of the fish lure. or socket assembly is substantially the same as the assembly 2| previously described, no further detailed description of it is thought necessary.

An alternative swivel assembly according to Since this swive.

this invention especially adapted for use with split molded fish lure bodies is shown in Figures 6 to 8. In these figures. the reference character 40 designates generally a molded plastic body of a fish lure composed of complementary longitudinal half sections 4| and 42, each of which may have a hollow cavity or chamber 43 therein bounded by flat mating faces 44. The face 44 of one mating half section, such as the section 4| shown in Figure 7, has depressions 45 therein, while the face on the other section 42 has pins such as 45 molded thereon adapted to be seated in the depressions 45 as best shown in Figure 8. The two half sections 4| and 42 are adapted to be .cemented or otherwise secured together along their faces 44 to provide the full lure body as shown in Figure 6.

The lure 40 preferably has a head plate or spoon 41 secured to the under side of the head thereof. Attached to the head portion of the lure is a swivel assembly 44 carrying an eyelet 49 by means of which the lure is attached to a fishing line.

Depending from and fastened to the rear end of the lure 40 is a gang hook 50 connected to the lure body through a similar swivel 48 and eye 49.

The faces 44 of each half part 4| and 42 of the lure body have semi-cylindrical depressions 52 extending inwardly from the bottom of the head portion and from the rear end of the tail portion of the lure, as shown in Figures 7 and 8. Each of these semi-cylindrical depressions terminates in an enlarged depression 52. When the body portion defining sections 4| and 42 are secured together as shown in Figure 8, the depressions 5| and 52 mate together to form cylindrical recesses with enlarged headed ends.

The swivel assembly 48 is composed of a body member 53 identical with the body member 22 of the swivel assembly 2|. However, this body member 53 has a cylindrical shank 54 with an enlarged headed end 55. The shank and head replace the threaded conical end of the swivel assembly 2| described above. The head 55 of the shank is adapted to seat in the enlarged recesses 52 of the half members 4| and 42, while the cylindrical shank portion 54 snugly fits in the cylindrical recesses 5| in the half members. When the half members 4| and 42 are united together, the head 55 of the shank cannot be retracted from the recess 52, and the swivel assembly is thus affixed to the lure body. In

assembling the swivel assembly 48 to the lure body, the shank and head are seated in the depressions provided therefor in one half of the lure body. The other half of the lure body is then mounted in place to receive the exposed portion of ,the shank and head, and the half sections of the body are united by a solvent for the plastic such as acetone, by a cement, or by any other fastening medium or device.

It will, of course, be understood that various details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of the invention, and it is, therefore, not the purpose to limit the patent granted hereon otherwise than necessitated by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a fish lure, a split body member, including connected complementary sections, said sections having mating faces, each of said sections having a depression in its mating face extending inwardly from the outer surface of the body and terminating in an enlarged depression, said depressions mating when said body sections are connected together to form a channel with an enlarged inner end, a member having an enlarged socket chamber defining head with an abutment shoulder thereon and a shank extending away from said head and terminating in an enlarged portion, said shank being seated in said channel and said enlarged terminal portion of the shank being seated in the enlarged inner end of the channel whereby said enlarged terminal portion and said abutment shoulder coact with the enlarged end of the recess and the outer surface of the body respectively for holding the member in the body member against relative axial movement, and a swivel eyelet havmg a headed end disposed in said socket chamber, said enlarged head of said member having an edge portion turned inwardly over the socket chamber for holding the headed end of the swivel element in the socket.

2. In a fish lure, a split hollow body member including connected complementary sections,

said sections having depressed central portions, marginal edges defining mating faces, mating channels in said marginal edges extending inwardly from the outer surface of the body and terminating in enlarged channel ends spaced from said depressed central portions, a member having an enlarged socket" chamber defining head with an abutment shoulder thereon and a shank extending away from said head and terminating in an enlarged portion, said shank being seated in said channels and said enlarged portion of the shank being seated in the enlarged channel ends whereby said enlarged shank portion and said abutment shoulder coact with the body at the ends of the channels for connecting the member to the body member and a swivel element having a headed end seated in said socket chamber in rotatable relation whereby the hollow interior of the'body is isolated from the channels to prevent leakage along the shank into the hollow body.

ORVILLE F. CULLERTON. 

